PLACEMENT POLICY 2015 - 16

ROLE OF PLACEMENT CELL

The role of the Placement Cell is of a facilitator and counselor for the placement related activities. Placement Cell does not guarantee a job. Applying for a company or joining a company is entirely the responsibility / decision of the student concerned.
The objective of the placement cell is to provide one job for each student, where in, the facility is available to all the students registered with the placement cell through the policy 'ONE JOB TO ONE STUDENT AT THE FIRST INSTANCE'.

ELIGIBILTY CRITERIA

All the students expected to be graduated from the institute in the year 2016 shall be eligible to participate in the placement activities 2015-2016. Students graduated in 2015, if not placed, will also be eligible to participate. Their participation is subjected to their registration with the Placement Cell.

The job description along with the eligibility criteria will be displayed on the college website www.excelinstitutions.com, T & P Notice Board and also be forwarded to the students via group email
Id or SMS.

The students who have minimum attendance of 75% in both theory and practical in every semester are eligible to sit in the campus interviews.
Students below 75% attendance need to take necessary approvals from Director (Training and Placement). Similarly, attendance in ALL Training programs
organized by Training & Placement Department should be above 85%. Any failure towards the same will require approval from the Director – (T&P).

PROCESS & REGULATIONS

Students have to register themselves at the Placement Cell of the Institute, submitting relevant documents / requirements for the process.

The students should submit their latest CV to the respective branch coordinators as a soft copy as well as in the hard copy. The Resume file should be in Ms-word (.doc) format, and the file name should contain their college, branch, batch (year of passing) and name eg. ECTCSE2013_pavithra_rangaraj.doc.

Student must meet the eligibility criteria laid down by the company. Job postings along with the eligibility criteria will be displayed on the college website and notice board for each placement interview.

Student eligible for any placement drive will have to give his / her consent before attending the same, to the concerned coordinator or at the placement cell failing which the candidate will not be permitted for the said drive.

Student needs to collect the Placement Hall Ticket from the Placement Cell, one day in advance from the day of activity. No candidate will be allowed to attend the selection process without the Hall Ticket.

Student after registering for a drive and who fails to attend the Placement Drive, whether on or off campus, will be debarred from next two Placement activities.

CODE OF CONDUCT

While attending the Placement Drive process, students have to strictly adhere by the following :

Punctuality

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The students should adhere by timelines & maintain punctuality for all placement drives.They have to report at the placement centre 30 minutes before the interview starts.

Format as approved by the Placement Cell along with a professional photograph.

Hall Ticket

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As applicable.

Documents

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Photostat copies of all relevant documents properly filed.

Students must keep their Identity Cards with them at the time of PPT / Aptitude Tests / Group Discussions /
Personal Interviews and produce the same when demanded by the visiting team or placement cell staff or their representatives.

FIRST JOB OFFER

There is no restriction on applying / appearing in interviews, until the first job is secured. A student will be considered to have secured a job, if his / her name appears in the selection list of the successful candidates declared after the process by the company through Placement Cell or an appointment letter is received in placement cell.

Companies confirming for recruitment at the campus will be categorized into 'Category A' & 'Category B'. This categorization will be done by the placement cell on the basis of various details provided by the company through 'CAMPUS PLACEMENT - RESPONSE FORM' (such as package details, job profile, number of branches, number of students etc.

A student procuring job in 'Category B' is entitled to apply for 'Category A' company, from the point of up-gradation, wherein a student procuring a job in 'Category A' company cannot apply for any other category.

A student can procure only one job in each category and is barred to apply further in the category implied, unless they are specially exempted.

PREFERRING ON THE OFFERS

If the student gets offers from more than one company (different categories) then he / she must inform the
Placement Cell about the job offer he / she wishes to accept, within the stipulated time period as declared by the Placement Cell or
the Company. If the student fails to do so, it would be assumed that the best offer has been accepted by him / her.

REGRET LETTER / REJECTION OF OFFER

A job would be considered to be rejected only if the concerned student informs about the rejection to the Placement Cell in person along with a regret letter towards the same.

Up-gradation from 'Category B' company to 'Category A' company does not result in rejecting the previous offer.A student can reject only one Job Offer.

Once the student has been shortlisted by a company for placement process, he/ she is NOT allowed to contact the members of the team visiting the campus for placement purpose, without prior permission of the Placement Cell.

Students selected by an organization of same category and offered appointment may get an additional chance subject to all eligible students have been placed and appointments are still available.

For students involved in disciplinary cases, the college management has the discretion to stop them from appearing in any Campus Selection Process.

Students are therefore urged to work towards placement preparations, in earnest right from the 2nd year onwards and acquire skills required during placement interviews through value added courses offered by college or arranged in college campus through outsourcing.

The policy is subject to change at a later stage at the discretion of the placement cell. The changes made, if any, at a later stage will be notified to all concerned.

INSTRUCTIONS TO HODS / STAFF

All HOD's are requested to provide the semester wise theory and practical attendance to the Placement Cell after every semester. Placement cell is to maintain attendance records and put students for Campus interviews accordingly.

Students & Staff are requested to forward contacts they have, if any, in different companies so that the Placement cell may formally invite these companies for placements.